On 5/12/06, Ben McIlwain cydeweys@gmail.com wrote: <snip>
This past day I have used the "mop" to block over a dozen vandals and clean up vandalism. Guess what I haven't used the "mop" for ... anything that could possibly be considered an abuse.
Ben McIlwain ("Cyde Weys")
Stop. Just stop. Enough is enough.
First of, I'm not a christian, I'm an atheist. I also hate userboxes, I think they're ugly and clmusy, and in the case of CSD T1 userboxes, they are downright harmful (which is why CSD T1 is really great).
However I don't mind people who are religious, nor do I mind people who think userboxes are nice. In a democratic society, and in wikipedia too, the philosopher Jagger got it right: You can't always get what you want.
Userboxes are here to stay. Face facts and STOP BEING DISRUPTIVE! There is a backlog of more than 15000 articles at WP:CU. Go be useful.
Also, as userboxes go, this is one of the most sensible ones. It clearly makes its point and it clearly is NPOV. To say otherwise is wikilawyering at best and WP:POINT at worst.
--Oskar
PS. I realise upon rereading my mail that it might be construed as if I were equating belief in christianity with people who like userboxes. It was not my intention, I have the utmost respect for people of all faiths (exepts Scientologists, they're just wierd)